Special Immigrant Juveniles: In Brief Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Special Immigrant Juveniles: In Brief

Creator

  • Author: Wasem, Ruth Ellen
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Immigration Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2014-08-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report provides a brief explanation of the statutory basis of special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status and how it has evolved. It also presents statistics on the number of children who have applied for and received SIJ status since FY2005. The report concludes with a discussion of the applicability of SIJ status for unaccompanied alien children.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Immigration
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Immigration law
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Immigration policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Refugee children
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Deportation

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R43703
  • Accession or Local Control No: R43703_2014Aug29
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc462914
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